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Genus Polytela, 



Type. 



A. Forewing pale pink orienialis. 



B. Forewing blue black. 



a. Forewing with apical yellow patch. 



a\ Hindwing with the cilia yellow gloriosa. 



b l . Hindwing with the cilia black florigera. 



b. Forewing without apical yellow patch ....... „... chrysospila. 



1587. POLYTELA OEIENTALIS. 



The species is found at Aden, and the locality Nilgris is probably an 

 error. 



1588. PoLYTELA GLORIOS.E. 



1589. POLYTELA FLORIGERA. 

 5090. POLYTELA CHRYSOSPILA. 



Genus Cerapteryx. Type. 



Cerapteryx, Cur. Brit. Ent., V., p. 451 (1833) graminis. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi short, oblique, the 2nd joint fringed with 

 hair in front ; frons smooth ; antennae of male bipectinate with moderate 

 branches to apex ; head and thorax clothed with hair only and without distinct 

 crests ; abdomen with dorsal crest on basal segment and lateral tufts of hair. 

 Forewing short, the apex truncate, the termen obliquely curved ; veins 3 and 5 

 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to 

 form the areole ; 11 from cell. Hindwing with veins 3'4 from angle of cell ; 5 

 obsolescent from middle of discocellulars ; 6"7 from upper angle ; 8 anastomos- 

 ing with the cell near base only. 



1699. Cerapteryx, albiceps. 



The unique type is a female. 



C&rapteryx albiceps. $ j. 



Genus Dasygaster. Type. 



Dasygaster, Guen. Noct. I, p. 201 (1852) hollandice. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblique, fringed with hair in front, the 3rd 

 joint porrect ; frons with small rounded prominence with corneous plate be- 

 low it ; eyes large ; rounded ; antennae of male typically with bristles and cilia ; 

 head and thorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, the pro- and metathorax 

 with spreading crests ; pectus and abdomen clothed with long hair, the latter 

 with dorsal crests at base and lateral fringes of hair, long in male. Forewing 

 rather short and broad, the apex rectangular ; veins.3 and 5 from near angle of 

 cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; 



